Writing Personal: How Much Do You Share? By Wendy Hobday Haugh
If you’ve spent your career primarily interviewing and writing about other people, it can be unsettling at first to shift the spotlight to yourself.
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“Christian reader for adults. Favors true first-person testimonials. Also considers fiction, how-to and as-told-to. Stories must be from a Christian point of view and must have something the reader can readily identify with. We do not accept Bible-based fiction.” 100% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 15K. Quarterly. Pays on acceptance. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys first rights. Accepts reprints. “We evaluate completed manuscripts. Response time varies but should be less than eight weeks.
Pays $0.10/word for first rights; $0.07/word for reprints; $35-$60 for first rights poems and $42 for reprinted poems.
Writing and Selling Books Ain’t for Sloths! – by Tom Douglas
Visions of sugarplums dance in the heads of novice writers. Hollywood has left them with the fantasy picture of authors being sent on lavish press tours where adoring fans line up at the signing table and where the writer is hounded by eager reporters…
The Kenyon Review
“The mission of the Kenyon Review is to identify exceptionally talented emerging writers, especially from diverse communities, and publish their work (fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, reviews, etc.) alongside the many distinguished, established writers featured in its pages. Kenyon Review is also committed to the advancement of literary writing through education, seeking to improve the skills of young people and adults through intensive, high quality workshops.” Welcomes new writers. Pays on publication. Publishes ms within 6-18 months after acceptance. Buys first rights, asks authors to credit Kenyon Review as first publication with reprints in other publications. No reprints. Responds within 6 months.
Pays flat rate of $50 for Online book reviews; $0.08 per published word for prose ($80-$450); $0.16 per published word for poetry ($40-$200).
If You’re Not Going to Promote Your Book, Why Did You Even WRITE It?
I am always stunned when authors flat refuse to promote their books. When I first hear this from an author (and, I do hear it a lot) I’m not sure if it’s ego, laziness, or apathy…
Need Your Book Published By Christmas? You Only Have ONE Option Now…
There are only 51 days until Christmas. That’s 36 business days. Most full-service print on demand/publishing services firms take around 4-6 months to get a book to market. Some offer rush services but NONE of them offers a 2-week publishing program…except BookLocker…
Can I use your 24-Hour Short Story writing prompts to create a book of short stories?
I would like them to write short stories for NaNoWriMo…
Paying Gaming Markets For Writers By Karoki Githure
Publications covering gaming always need content. Get paid to write for them!
7 Paying Markets for Fiction Writers Who Want to RE-WRITE HISTORY! – by Chris Saunders
One of the niche areas within speculative fiction that has exploded in popularity is alternate history…
EEEEEEK!!! 7 Essential Elements Writers MUST Include in Gothic Horror – by Chris Saunders
Unlike other genres, the setting in Gothic fiction is so important that it is often considered a character in itself.